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Fast40+ Class Announces 2018 Programme

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The 2018 FAST40+ Race Circuit kicks off this April, with thrilling high speed action for the owner driven class. The season has been extended to six scoring events, ending in October, to decide the overall FAST40+ Champion. For the 2018 season the majority of the events will be stand alone regattas including the FAST40+ National Championship, and the prestigious One Ton Cup. FAST40+ Race Direc...
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Girls on Film win the battle – Invictus win the war

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FAST40+ Race Circuit Round 5 – Final Sir Keith Mills' Ker40+ Invictus, is the 2017 FAST40+ Champion, after winning the last race of the season, taking second place in Round 5, to clinch the overall title. Sir Keith Mills lifted the FAST40+ Trophy, and the Cloudy Bay Bowl, as winner for the 2017 FAST40+ Race Circuit. “It is nice to end the season with a bit of a flourish, but we did l...
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Shifty Start to Round 5

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FAST40+ Race Circuit Round 5 – Day One After three windward leeward races held in light airs in the central Solent, Peter Morton's CF40+ Girls on Film leads the regatta, with Heinz Peter Schmidt's Felci designed Silva Neo in second place. Stewart Whitehead's Carkeek MkIII Rebellion is third on countback, equal on points with Sir Keith Mills' Ker40+ Invictus. Provisional Results A light shifti...
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2017 FAST40+ Season Decider

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2017 FAST40+ CIRCUIT Round 5 14th – 15th October, 2017 The final round of the 2017 FAST40+ Circuit kicks off this weekend, organised by the Hamble River Sailing Club. After six months of racing, it all comes down to this decider, with four teams in contention to be crowned overall champion for the 2017 FAST40+ Class: Invictus, Girls on Film, Rebellion, and Hitchhiker, and there are big bat...
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Dutch Delight – Day One Lendy Cowes Week

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Bastiaan de Voogd's Dutch Carkeek MkIII Hitchhiker was the winner on the first day of Lendy Cowes Week, taking Line Honours in just over five hours to win the Royal Southampton Yacht Club Hillhead Salver. Hitchhiker's Boat Captain, Rogier van Overveld, spoke about the Dutch team's win. “This is the first regatta with our new rig, since our previous rig was damaged in a winter storm. We got ...
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Signal 8 joins FAST40+ Class for Lendy Cowes Week

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Thirteen examples of the FAST40+ Class will make up the largest Grand Prix class, racing at Lendy Cowes Week. From the 29th July to 4th August, the FAST40+ Class will be the first start of every day at Britain's most famous regatta. Racing a mixture of tight Solent courses, and longer coastal races, Lendy Cowes Week marks the third scoring regatta of the 2017 FAST40+ Race Circuit. Sir Keith Mil...
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Invictus wins the FAST40+ Cloudy Bay Trophy

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2017 FAST40+ Race Circuit Round 2(ii) Round the Island Race presented by Cloudy Bay FAST40+ Results 1342 yachts competed in this year's Round the Island Race, and nine of the top twenty yachts to finish were FAST40s. Sir Keith Mills' Ker40+ Invictus, helmed by Keith and his son Alex, took Line Honours for the FAST40+ Class, and the class win after IRC time correction to lift the FAST4...
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Slow Motion – Hand to Hand Combat

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2017 FAST40+ Race Circuit ROUND 2(i) Hosted By the Royal Southern YC RESULTS With virtually no wind in The Solent this morning, the FAST40+ Fleet was kept ashore by PRO Tony Lovell until midday, but it was well worth the wait. A 6 knot northwesterly wind was just about sailable for the start of the first race and by the end of the second, and final race, the breeze piped up to 12 knot...
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All-Round Test for the FAST40+ Fleet

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Round Two 2017 FAST40+ Race Circuit Windward Leeward Racing + Round the Island Race 30 June – 01 July, 2017 Racing for the FAST40+ Class continues next weekend, 30 June – July 01, with Round Two of the FAST40+ Race Circuit, consisting of one day of Windward Leeward racing, followed by the prestigious Round the Island Race, presented by Cloudy Bay. Around 1338 yachts are expected for t...
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